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  2. Poe's law - Wikipedia

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    Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is utterly impossible to parody a Creationist in such a way that someone won't mistake for the genuine article. The original statement of Poe's law referred specifically to creationism, but it has since been generalized to apply to any kind of fundamentalism or extremism. [3]

  3. Distinction (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    A real distinction involves a level of ontological separation, as when squirrels are distinguished from llamas (for no squirrel is a llama, and no llama is a squirrel). [2] A real distinction is thus different than a merely conceptual one, in that in a real distinction, one of the terms can be realized in reality without the other being realized.

  4. Formal distinction - Wikipedia

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    Similarly, the distinction between the 'thisness' or haecceity of a thing and its existence is intermediate between a real and a conceptual distinction. [1] There is also a formal distinction between the divine attributes e.g. love and mercy, and the powers of the soul. [2]

  5. Theory of forms - Wikipedia

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    Real knowledge, to him, was knowledge of the forms. But knowledge of the forms cannot be gained through sensory experience because the forms are not in the physical world. Therefore, our real knowledge of the forms must be the memory of our initial acquaintance with the forms in heaven. Therefore, what we seem to learn is in fact just ...

  6. The Will to Believe - Wikipedia

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    Genuine option – "we may call an option a genuine option when it is of the forced, living, and momentous kind" Belief – "A chemist finds a hypothesis live enough to spend a year in its verification: he believes in it to that extent." In section II, James begins by saying he will then consider "the actual psychology of human opinion."

  7. Kayfabe - Wikipedia

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    Kayfabe characters Sgt Slaughter and The Grand Wizard in a wrestling ring. In professional wrestling, kayfabe (/ ˈ k eɪ f eɪ b /) is the portrayal of staged events within the industry as "real" or "true", specifically the portrayal of competition, rivalries, and relationships between participants as being genuine and not staged.

  8. What's The Real Difference Between A Cupboard And A ... - AOL

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    Honestly, the two phrases are often used interchangeably so it can be difficult to understand the difference between the two—if there even is one. Meet the Expert

  9. Lydia V. Pyne - Wikipedia

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    In 2019, Pyne's book Genuine Fakes: How Phony Things Teach Us About Real Stuff was published by Bloomsbury. The book examines the difference between artificial and "real" things, such as real diamonds versus lab grown diamonds. [8] Currently, Pyne is a visiting researcher at the Institute for Historical Studies at the University of Texas at ...